[4] For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Salisbury, the village of Three Rivers,[5] and the Southeast rural district.

[11] The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives two possibilities: Sir John Salbusbury, who accompanied Edward Cornwallis on his mission to establish Nova Scotia; or Salisbury, a city in Wiltshire, England.

[12] Salisbury was erected in 1787 from the unassigned land west of Hillsborough, Hopewell, and Moncton Parishes.

[14] In 1838 the southeastern part of Salisbury was included in the newly erected Harvey Parish.

[19][20][21] Parish population total does not include Petitcodiac and portion within the village of Salisbury Mother tongue (2016)[26]